HYMENOPTERA :: Sphecidae

Sphecinae Latreille, 1802

Isodontia Patton, 1880

Sphex Linnaeus, 1758

Biology

Solitary, predatory wasps hunting Orthoptera and Blattodea.

Sources

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.

Broad G. & Barthelemy C. 2012. A new species of Hadrocryptus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae), with the first account of the biology for the genus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 1–47. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.24.1888